Dear NationalWorld

Reference number: FOI 422 084

Thank you for your request for information made under the Freedom of
Information Act.  Your request was received on 21 February 2023. 

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed to
being open and transparent in the delivery of services and management of
the Trust.  We endeavour to respond to requests within 20 working days. 
The Freedom of Information Team is, however, currently working through a
backlog of requests and experiencing unforeseen staffing issues.  We
apologise for any delay in responding to requests and ask that you bear
with us while we endeavour to get back on track.

Please can you refer to the reference number above in any future
correspondence with us regarding this Freedom of Information Request.

Kind regards

FOI Administrator

Abdullah Ibrahim

Freedom of Information Administrator

Digital

Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

Email:  [1][Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust request email]

Telephone: 0114 22 63966

[2]www.shsc.nhs.uk 

[3]Link to launch of SHSC Digital

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Hello,

I write to acknowledge receipt of your email in which you requested
information under the FOI Act 2000.

Your request is being considered and you will receive a response within
the statutory timescale of 20 working days, from the date of receipt, as
defined by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent release of the
information you have requested. There will be an assessment and if any of
the exemption categories apply then the information will not be released.
You will be informed if this is the case within 20 working days, together
with your rights of appeal.

If the information you are requesting contains reference to a third party
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working days if this is the case.

If you have any queries or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact
me.  May l ask that you quote the above reference number on all your
correspondence?

Yours sincerely

FOI Officer

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

Email: [email address]

[1]www.shsc.nhs.uk 

  [2]Link to launch of SHSC Digital

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Hello,

Further to your recent request made under the Freedom of Information Act
2000, please see detailed below and attached the Trust’s response:

I am writing to submit an FOI concerning waiting times for consultant-led
treatment, for both inpatient and outpatients.

Firstly I would like to give some context to aid in the interpretation of
my request. I am familiar with the NHS England Consultant-led Referral to
Treatment Waiting Times statistics that are published monthly, and am
looking for more specific figures about patients who leave this waiting
list. I know leaving the waiting list could be because of a range of
scenarios - the patient has had the scan/procedure/appointment they were
waiting for, they have refused treatment, they have failed to show up and
therefore been removed from the waiting list etc.  

I would the following data broken down by month for between December 2018
to January 2023:

 1. How many patients left the waiting list for whatever reason. Please
ensure people are counted more than once if they left more than one
waiting list.

Please note we do not provide surgical services or provide treatment for
elective procedures. Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
provide a range of mental health, learning disability and substance misuse
services to the people of Sheffield.

Some of the specialist services we provide support people from across the
region, and our gender identity clinic receives referrals from across the
country.

2) Of these, how many left the waiting list because they were admitted as
an emergency and treated for the condition their referral related to
during their emergency stay, therefore ending the treatment waiting
pathway? Please ensure people are counted more than once if they left more
than one waiting list. Please note that the Welsh government has outlined
how this  may occur on page 8 of this guidance here:
[1]https://eu-west-1.protection.sophos.com?...

Not applicable.

3) And of these (patients in question 1), how many left the waiting list
because they died? Please ensure people are counted more than once if they
were on more than one waiting list when they died.

Not applicable.

Please contact me in the first instance if you have any queries or
questions regarding the Trust's response.  However, if you have any
complaints about the handling of your enquiry, please contact:

Information Governance Manager,

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust, 

45 Wardsend Road North,

Sheffield,

S6 1LX

You also have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545700
Website: [2]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

FOI Officer

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

Email: [3][email address]

[4]www.shsc.nhs.uk 

  [5]Link to launch of SHSC Digital

References

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2. http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/
3. mailto:[email address]
4. http://www.shsc.nhs.uk/
5. https://jarvis.shsc.nhs.uk/news/introduc...